Simple Syntax question -- I think.

This syntax works, 

   my %d = (    '1'     =>      "expire_date",
                '2'     =>      "submit_date",  );
   my @a = sort(keys(%d)) ;
   my $date_dd_str = CGI::popup_menu(
                -name   =>      'date_name',
                -values =>      \@a,            
                -labels =>      \%d );

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but, trying to this syntax gives an error: 

   my %d = (    '1'     =>      "expire_date",
                '2'     =>      "submit_date",  );
   my $date_dd_str = CGI::popup_menu(
                -name   =>      'date_name',
                -values =>      \sort(keys(%d)),            
                -labels =>      \%d );

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Can someone enlighten me on what I'm doing wrong?

How, syntactically, do I provide array syntax and then grab a reference to the result? (I think I said that right).

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